Editing Bellefontaine, Ohio (section)

==Arts and culture==
===Sites of interest===
[[File:Saint Patrick Church (Bellefontaine, Ohio) - exterior in springtime.JPG|thumb|St. Patrick's Catholic Church.]]
[[File:McKinley St worlds shortest.jpg|thumb|right|upright|Sign declaring McKinley Street to be the "World's Shortest Street".]]
[[File:Bellefontaine-ohio-holland-theatre.jpg|thumb|Historic Holland Theatre.]]
* McKinley Street — Whether or not this is the shortest street in the world is a point of contention. The sign at the street's south end (at the intersection of Columbus Ave.) once made such a claim, although [[Ebenezer Place, Wick|Ebenezer Place]], in [[Wick, Highland|Wick]], [[Scotland]], has held the official record since November 2006.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/highlands_and_islands/6101968.stm | work=BBC News | title=Street measures up to new record | date=2006-11-01 | access-date=2010-04-26}}</ref> The City of Bellefontaine's website places the length of McKinley Street at "about 20 feet", and while the city's website does not make the claim of the world's shortest street, it does cite McKinley Street as "the shortest street in America". The street sign's undersign reads "Shortest Street In America" as of May 2, 2020.
* [[Court Avenue]] - A small street in downtown, located adjacent to the Logan County Courthouse. It is known for being the first street in the United States to be paved with concrete.<ref name=dispatch>[http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2008/06/01/CONCRETE.ART_ART_06-01-08_B1_KRACA56.html?print=yes Cracked street's hereafter splits Bellefontaine] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110523035426/http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2008/06/01/CONCRETE.ART_ART_06-01-08_B1_KRACA56.html?print=yes |date=2011-05-23 }}, ''[[The Columbus Dispatch]],'' 2008-06-01.  Accessed 2008-10-10.</ref>
* [[Holland Theater]] - This theater is listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]]. It opened in the 1930s as a live theater, but was later converted to a 5-screen megaplex before closing in 1998. In recent years, it has been reopened for live events and performances serving Bellefontaine and the surrounding area. In 2019, after extensive renovations lasting about a year, The Holland Theater was reopened for performances. 
* [[Campbell Hill (Ohio)|Campbell Hill]], the highest elevated point in [[Ohio]].
* The first brokerage house of [[Edward D. Jones]] houses an office of the brokerage he started.
* First [[United Methodist Church]], where preacher [[Norman Vincent Peale]] got his start.

===Logan County Historical Society===
The Logan County Historical Society and museum was first housed in the McBeth School, built in 1919 as the last of the four elementary schools to be built in Bellefontaine at the turn of the century. The building was sold at [[public auction]] in 1957 to the [[Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)|Church of God]]. In 1971 McBeth School was purchased by the Logan County Historical Society for use as the Logan County Historical Museum. The historical society eventually grew out of the 3-story building and moved to its current home closer to Downtown. McBeth School has been adapted for use as an apartment building.<ref>"Logan County Historical Society," ''Published History of Logan County,'' 1982</ref>

Today the museum includes the Orr mansion, former home of the local Orr family; as well as an extension to the mansion that includes history exhibits from around the county. The Mansion portion of the building has been completely restored by the historical society. Day-to-day operations in the museum and The Logan County Historical Society are supported by a Logan County tax levy and donations received from visitors to the museum.